Kenny Dalglish Won't Be Delivering the Module: English Premiership 2011-12

gutted I didn't make webb my FF captain

so two more penalties?

¡Fucking hell! at that decision

just seen the replay, ivanovic moved out the way! was nowhere near him!

Can't see Utd not scoring again here tbh - question is whether they'll concede?

torres of old would've scored two goals there

Poor Nando

I reckon that was a penalty, Ivanovic clipped him.

FUCKING YES!

Anyway, no more goals please.

Difference between Cahill's and Hernandez's vertical leaps there was pretty striking.

what a save

i honestly thought that was in as soon as he hit it

What a save!

not bad from the world's worst goalkeeper.

oh was that handball?

nah chest i think. maybe a push though by luiz.

what a game

That'll do nicely.

cant believe some of those chelsea fans leaving at 3-3.

good result for liverpool and spurs fans! didnt see what happened for the 2nd penalty, 1st one was very soft

Second was softer

sup pls am drivin

Welbeck had to change direction to find Ivanovic's foot to fall over.

disappointed Utd didn't win that in the end

howard webb. what a bag of shit

couldn't even win the game for united. needs to improve

He was all over the place tbf. Not just in Utd's favour

exactly, needs to improve!

what's the point of him refereeing if it doesn't result in united win?

fantastic goals from cisse and mata today. cisse's has gotta be up there with goal of the season.

Never in doubt.

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capello tells italian tv that terry shouldn't have been dropped as captaion

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So now what? Why did the FA cut him out of the decision process?

p sure the fa could only countenance him being stripped of the captaincy and so just bypassed capello. don't see this statement making any difference.

I thought we already knew that?

(Not specifically the Italian TV bit, but the fact that Capello was dead against it)

Maybe he'll quit in protest?

John Barnes was saying on 5Live this morning (i think, I was half asleep) that Terry should either have kept the captaincy or been kicked out of the squad entirely. That this mid-point punishment is a joke. Reasonable point IMO.

Yes, but that Capello is publicly saying so is the thing surely?

john barnes 100%

either 'innocent til proven guilty' and ride out the public scorn (if it comes) or drop him entirely

He may yet be dropped entirely. There's no match at the moment, so there's no team at the moment.

would have been announced with the captaincy imo

tho capello probably has mandated control of team selection so

My thoughts:

1)Torres is a shadow of his former self. He bottled it big time today when he should have scored.
2)De Gea is a fantastic shot stopper - that save right near the end was amazing - but still looks brittle
3)Evra is still good going up the wing, but seems to have forgotten how to defend
4)Ferdinand can't move any more, probably because of his back, which is a shame
5)Terry being stripped of the captaincy is A Good Thing. Capello saying it's A Bad Thing is in itself A Bad Thing. If Terry gets dropped from the England team this will also be A Good Thing, but if he doesn't it doesn't mean that the loss of the armband isn't A Good Thing.
6)I don't really give much of a fuck about England anyway, until a major tournament comes around I don't even watch them or pay any attention to the results, and I care even less about who the captain is. But I don't like John Terry.
7)That Mata goal was incredible

otm

Stan Collymore tweeting about the odd standards of Capello: it was seemingly fine to take the captaincy away from Terry for allegedly shagging his ex-team mate's ex-girlfriend, but is utterly unacceptable to take it away for 'allegedly' racially abusing an opponent (and the whole incident being caught on video).

Despite being a cunt I hate, I feel sorry for EBJT here. Innocent until proven guilty and all that - he shouldn't be getting punished before a verdict has been made. Even if that puts the FA in an awkward position, they have just officially branded dude a racist, which is not cool. They should have let Capello and EBJT sort something out (can't go while the court case hangs over his head and doesn't want to get into a Holland 96 situation based on rumour? frame it as whats best for england? idk)

[Of course I am talking by official powers. Personally I'm fucking happy the cunt is getting his comeuppance.]

they have just officially branded dude a racist

No, they haven't

Even if that puts the FA in an awkward position, they have just officially branded dude a racist, which is not cool

what they've done is said that the england captaincy won't be given to somebody under official investigation for racist abuse, tbf

Why else have they dropped him then, if not for thinking he is a racist who'll split the squad?

They've taken the captaincy away from him while the case goes on. If an allegation of racism was made against any of us in our jobs it's very likely we'd be suspended while it was investigated. It doesn't mean we've been pre-judged. (xps)